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Question

I am reading an awesome OpenGL tutorial. It\'s really great, trust me. The topic I am currently at is Z-buffer. Aside from explaining what\'s it all about, the author mentions t

Answer 1

It has to do with flag bits in highly tuned assembly.

x86 has both jl and jg instructions, but most RISC processors only have jl and jz (no jg).